"BLOCK NINE" Welcome to week nine of the "PRAIRIE MEADOW" Sew Along! Join me here each week when I will be doing tutorials on the blocks for the quilt. Of course because we are all sewing from all around the world we all have different time zones... But I will be posting each Monday right here on my blog and you can follow my tutorials any time each week that is convenient for you. We are making the Prairie Meadow Quilt 68" x 85" The quilt is made with my newest fabric collection called Prairie... I hope that you all have all received your fabric kits by now... and that we are all ready to begin!! If you still need one ... just do a quick google search for "Prairie Meadow Quilt Kit" to find shops who still have some left. We are also using the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes I have already posted the "BEE PREPARED" post which details all of the supplies for the sew along and how it works. I have also given the link there for the free PDF Download of the Sew Along Guide CLICK HERE to download the sew along guide. It's very important to watch my Week One/Block One video tutorial because everything I show you in block one pertains to all the rest of the blocks. Things such as tips on sewing... shaping and turning all of your appliqués as well as the entire process of laying out the block. I also explain about sewing the scrappy background. If you have not watched it please CLICK HERE CLICK HERE to read my blog tutorial for BLOCK TWO CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK THREE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FOUR CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK FIVE CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK SIX CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK SEVEN CLICK HERE to read my tutorial for BLOCK EIGHT As per the sew along guide cutting instructions you should have everything for your Block Nine all cut and ready to go! Here is my Block Nine Kit Everything is all cut... all traced and ready:) You can also see above the squares and rectangles that I used for the background. Here is a list of the Prairie Meadow Sew Simple Shapes needed for Block Nine: 4 - N-18 4 - N-28 4 - N-43 1 - N-51 1 - N-55 8 - N-57 12 - N-58 You will need to cut 4 - 5" long and 4 - 3" long of prepared 1/4" strips for the stems that are cut ON THE BIAS because they are curved. Block Nine shapes sewn...trimmed and clipped. Before turning... you will need to clip the cleavage areas in-between each of the 8 leaves shown in the front of the photo. Remember to clip ALL the way to your stitched line but not into it. If you do not clip far enough it will be hard for it to lie flat. Use the seam roller and also your iron in these kind of areas just as I showed you in the week one video. The other shapes do not need any clipping:) All turned...shaped...pressed and ready:) I pre-glued these 2 circles together before pinning onto the background. I pinned these shapes onto the center of the background first. The tip of the large leaves are 2 1/2" down from the edge of your background fabric and the narrow green leaves tops are at the seam intersection. All 8 shapes surrounding the large circle are tucked underneath. I pinned and glued all of these shapes down at this point. Then I pinned the blue circles 1 3/4" from the edge of my background and centered between the seams of that background square that they are placed on. Next I placed the cherries. I pinned the darkest cherry 2" in from the edge of the background and centered on the seam. I then pinned the gingham cherry next to it on the seam about 1/4" apart. The last cherry is pinned 1 1/2" from edge to the right and 3" in from bottom edge. Just pin these into place so that you can tuck the stems underneath on the last step. Next I placed the double leaf tip 2 1/4" in from bottom edge of the background and then 3" in from the right edge of background. the other leaf bottom rests on the seam. I glued the long curved stem underneath. First I pressed the bottom end under. The bottom corner of that stem is 2 1/4" from the bottom edge of the background. Because you cut on the bias it will curve the way that you want it to and still lie flat. Tuck the other end of long stem underneath the top cherry. Now curve the shorter stem between the two side cherries like a smile:)and glue. Trim length if stems if needed... I wanted to give you enough to work with! Now glue the cherries and double leaves into place. I worked with one corner at a time from this point on. ***TAKE NOTE*** the opposite corner is a mirror image but all measurements are the same:) Using these sewn sewn seams from the background for placement makes it sew easy! Once the second corner was completed and I continued in the same way for the other half of the block... Until all for corners were pinned and then glued:) After a few minutes I removed my pins and let my block lie flat to continue drying the glue:) That is my BLOCK NINE tutorial. I love this block! I call it my George Washington Block because of the cherries and the Baltimore Album style design... it's very Early American:) BLOCK NINE all ready for applique:) Afterwards I will press from the back and then I will use my 16 1/2" Trim-It Ruler to trim down the block. Now that we are 3/4 of the way through our applique blocks let's talk about the scrappy border blocks! The cutting for each block is within the cutting of each fabric in the guide and they are super easy to sew! You will find the block instructions and diagrams within the sew along guide and the diagram on sewing the four scrappy borders (and the sashing and cornerstones) Here are my sample blocks to show you. I simply used an accurate 1/4" seam allowance and then pressed my seams open and used the clapper just like I show you in all of my tutorials on my YouTube Channel I'm know a lot of you have sewn your border blocks already and have been putting your quilt rows together as we go! You can choose to save till the end...it really doesn't matter:) YaY!! After making this weeks block you can add it to the first eight that we have made:) I adore how they are all looking so sweet together! Thanks for joining me again this week for the Prairie Meadow Sew Along... I'll meet you right back here next Monday for the Block Ten tutorial... happy sewing!! xx Lori Other Places to find me: @Beelori1 Instagram Lori Holt/YouTube Bee in my Bonnet Company